Original article from: NBC News
More than 130 Confederate monuments and other historic statues were taken down across three dozen states amid a wave of protests and calls for racial justice over the past four months.
After the death of George Floyd in late May, more than 130 Confederate statues and tributes to divisive historical figures have come down in a flurry of protests, acts of vandalism and government decrees.
But no matter how and why the monuments were removed, most communities remain stuck in a common struggle: what to do with them.
LEFT VIEWPOINTS
America must become more progressive. Progressives have always been on the right side of history.
It may seem hard to believe, but when the Republican Party formed, it was the Progressive Party. “Radical Republicans” wanted to change things, and the conservative, slavery-supporting Democrats were the white resistance at the time. Lincoln was a Republican when the Republicans were liberals. To learn about how the Republicans and Democrats switched over the years, watch the following video:
Instead of thinking Republican vs Democrat, think Progressives vs “white, male resistance.” In essence, different groups of people have always been trying to achieve the same freedoms and privileges that white males bestowed upon themselves when the country was founded. Thinking of it this way clarifies which Party is currently on the wrong side of history.